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Premiere: Listen to Bloque’s New Track “Chains” ft. Kondey

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Bloque - Chains

Earlier this month we premiered Bloque’s record ‘Purple‘, and today we have another premiere from the U.K. artist/producer. This track is titled ‘Chains’ and features Kondey, the newest member of Bloque’s ISFTW team (“I Say Fuck The World”). Like ‘Purple’, the new track is another great example of why U.K. rappers are starting to make a lot of noise in the U.S. and worldwide, and an example of why Bloque is getting some huge co-signs (The Game, Birdman).

‘Chains’, which officially releases tomorrow, at first catches your ears by its production alone. The wavy instrumental (produced by ISFTW’s LB) however is not the highlight of the record. Bloque through his verses, and Kondey on the hook, do their part to match the quality (and then some) of LB’s beat. “This song wasn’t meant for me, I kinda stole it,” Bloque tells us. “LB sent me the track with a verse and hook from Kondey for me to put a verse on it, but as soon as I heard it I wanted it to myself! I didn’t know what I was gonna do with it, but I knew it was gonna be some heat.”

“Chain represent “I did it”, tell me that you love me if you with it.” – Bloque (‘Chains’)

The highlight of the track comes in Bloque’s second verse, which speaks to the whole team of ‘Chains’. “Right now I’ve got a bit of a chain fetish so the song just ended up coming to me. To me chains are like a trophy, rather then use them to stunt on niggas I use mine to show me how far I’ve come, from gang banging once upon a time to making music full time.” If Bloque keeps this momentum, and keeps releasing records like ‘Chains’ and ‘Purple’, then you better bet on the trophies around his neck getting much bigger and much heavier in the near future!

Listen to Bloque’s new track ‘Chains’ below.

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New Music: The Chainsmokers ft. BullySongs – “Good Intentions”

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The Chainsmokers
Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration

Earlier this month we had great and wild time at the Revelry Music and Arts Festival as The Chainsmokers rocked the University of Wisconsin crowd (check out our photos here). Less than a month later, we have an energetic and retro-influence new track from the electronic duo. The record is titled ‘Good Intentions’ and features songwriter/producer BullySongs. Also be sure to buy it now on iTunes (or check it out here on Spotify)!

Speaking on the record, The Chainsmokers described ‘Good Intentions’ as a track dedicated to all the “people who set out with the best intentions but end up with with the short end of the stick. The wonderful BullySongs from the UK wrote the topline explained to us that this song is all about those times that say to your lady or moms, ‘I am just running to the store, I’ll be back in an hour, and end up back at 5 AM…’ and that idea really resonated with us as trouble makers with hearts of gold.”

Listen to ‘Good Intentions’ and watch our Revelry Festival recap below!

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Kanye West Makes Record Donation to Chicago Community Organization, Donda’s House

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Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration
Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration

Recently stricken by city budget constraints, the Chicago community organization Donda’s House has received a record donation from its co-founder, Kanye West. Donating a portion of his proceeds from his recent Louis Vuitton Foundation concert series, Kanye gave over $133,000 to the organization named after his late mother. This marks the highest donation since Donda’s House‘s inception. Speaking on the donation, Donnie Smith (Executive Director of Donda’s House) told press, “Kanye’s generosity is greatly appreciated and will improve our capacity with new staff as we deliver the high-quality arts programming that our participants deserve.”

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Lil B Premieres A$AP Rocky’s “LSD” Video

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Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration
Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration

Watch A$AP Rocky’s newest video for his track ‘LSD’. The Dexter Navy directed (and A$AP Rocky co-directed) video is our first taste of the record, which is from A$AP forthcoming  At.Long.Last.A$AP LP. And who better to premiere this one then Lil B The Based God, who shared the video on his Twitter. ‘LSD’s trippy visuals will certainly get you excited for Rocky’s upcoming album!

Check out the official video for ‘LSD’ below.

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Lollapalooza Releases Its 2015 Schedule

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Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration
Photo by Dan Garcia/The Early Registration

If you were smart enough to get your 2015 Lollapalooza wristbands before they sold out, then your wait is finally over, as Chicago’s premiere music festival has released its 2015 schedule. Headlining the festival on its opening day (Friday, July 31) are The Weeknd, Kaskade, Flying Lotus and an over two-hour set by Sir Paul McCartney. Headling Lolla on Saturday will be Sam Smith, Metallica, G-Eazy and Alesso. Finally, closing Lollapalooza on Sunday, August 2nd will be Bassnectar, Kygo, NERO and Florence + the Machine.

Check out the full schedule at Lollapalooza’s official website.

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Lil Boosie Recruits J. Cole and Keyshia Cole for “Black Heaven”

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Off his forthcoming Touchdown 2 Cause Hell project, Lil Boosie has released his new record ‘Black Heaven’. The track stands out, not only because it shows a more soulful side of Boosie, but also because he recruited not just one, but two, of the Coles (no relation of course). Boosie, J. Cole, and Keyshia Cole together make for an unlikely but amazing collaboration in the new song. Touchdown 2 Cause Hell drops in a week (May 26th).

Listen to ‘Black Heaven’ below.

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Listen to Meek Mill’s Chinx Tribute “Miss My Dawgs” featuring Travis Scott

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Rest In Peace to Chinx, who was tragically shot and killed last Sunday (May 17) in New York City. And to honor the Coke Boys rapper, as well as rapper Lil Snupe (who was killed in 2013), MMG’s Meek Mill  recruited G.O.O.D. Music rapper/producer Travis Scott for his ‘Miss My Dawgs’ record. “F*ck ya’ll n*ggas that killed Lil Snupe, and when we run into ya’ll n*ggas we’ll kill ya’ll too,” raps Meek in the new tribute.

Listen to ‘Miss My Dawgs’ below.

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New Music: Tyga – “Hollywood Niggaz”

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Tyga has found himself in the tabloids a lot in the past year, not because of his rapping or beef with Drake but because of his relationship with Kylie Jenner. But Tyga doesn’t care what a magazine has to say, and he makes this clear in his new track ‘Hollywood Niggaz’. The record is off Tyga’s forthcoming LP, The Gold Album, and even if you aren’t the biggest Tyga fan, this one is definitely worth checking out. It might surprise you.

Listen to ‘Hollywood Niggaz’ below and buy it now on iTunes.

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Songs of the Week ft. A$AP Rocky, Kyle, Taylor Swift and More!

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Songs of the Week

These are the highlights of this past week in music! Hopefully you can bump these tracks on your way to work to brighten up your Monday mornings, and to stay up-to-date on today’s music.

This week we have a new IAMSU! collab by Kyle, a A$AP Rocky leak, a track from Chicago’s rap collective SAVEMONEY, and a unlikely track from Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar.

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Taylor Swift Recruits Kendrick Lamar for “Bad Blood”

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Ever since Taylor Swift shared a video of herself rapping some Kendrick Lamar in her car, the two have had an unlikely friendship. And now the two artists have finally combined forces, for T-Swift’s record ‘Bad Blood’, which fans can buy now on iTunes. And if the song itself wasn’t enough, the two also recorded an awesome action-filled music video mini action film for the track. The two aren’t the only ones who star in the video either. King Kendrick and Taylor are also joined by Cindy Crawford, Jessica Alba, Lena Dunham, Selena Gomez, Mariska Hargitay, Cara Delevingne, Karlie Kloss, Paramore’s Hayley Williams, Ellie Goulding, Gigi Hadid, Ellen Pompeo, Zendaya, and many more.

Check out the ‘Bad Blood’ video below.

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